he money which was
received in this way? Such a one is referred, for a full answer, to the
next chapter but one, which speaks of the operations of the Scriptural
Knowledge Institution for Home and Abroad; yet I would give to him here
a few outlines of the operations of the Institution. By the funds, which
were intrusted to me during this period, several hundred poor children
and adults were provided with schooling; many hundreds of copies of the
Holy Scriptures were circulated; about three hundred thousand Gospel
Tracts were distributed; forty-five preachers of the Gospel in the East
Indies, British Guiana, Canada, the United States, France, Switzerland,
Germany, Ireland, Scotland and England were, to a greater or less
degree, assisted with pecuniary help; and, lastly, three hundred Orphans
were provided with everything they needed for this life, besides being
under continual Scriptural instruction. Thus, at least, fifteen thousand
souls were during this period under habitual Scriptural instruction in
connection with this Institution, either in the Sunday Schools, Adult
Schools, Day Schools, and the Orphan House, or through the preachers of
the Gospel referred to.

Supplies for the support of the Orphans, sent in answer to prayer, from
May 26, 1850, to May 26, 1851.

When this period commenced, I had more in hand for the Orphans than for
many years before, under similar circumstances, the balance for current
expenses on May 26, 1850, being 150l. 7s. 10d. Yet, much as this was, in
comparison with what the balance had generally been before, how small
was the amount in reality! About 300 persons were connected with the New
Orphan House, who day by day were to be provided with all they needed,
besides several apprentices who also were still to be supported. On this
account, the one hundred and fifty pounds in hand would only furnish
that which was needed for about fifteen days, as the average expenses of
the Orphan Work alone were about Ten pounds daily.10 Place yourself,
therefore, dear reader, in my position. Three hundred persons daily at
table, and 150l. in hand! Looking at it naturally, it is enough to make
one tremble; but, trusting in the living God, as by His grace I was
enabled to do, I had not the least trial of mind, and was assured that
God would as certainly help me as He had done fourteen years before,
when the number of the Orphans was only the tenth part as large. The
following record will now show that I w